Scott Eddy

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Location: Ashville, NY
To reach client call STAA:
(949) 648-STAA
Radio Demo
1. PBP Highlights 1:41
2. Baseball PBP 10:04
3. Baseball PBP 4:00
4. Pre-Game Interview 3:49
5. Sportscast 1:42
6. Game Recap 1:01
7. Sports Talk 3:07
Writing Samples
1. Feature Story
2. Team Recap
3. Game Recap

Education

  • Master's Degree in Communications Studies, Edinboro (Pa.) University, to be completed May 2013.
  • Bachelor of Arts in journalism and mass communications with a concentration in strategic communications, cum laude - December 2008 from St. Bonaventure (N.Y.) University. Minor: English
  • Oxford University (UK), Somerville College, through St. Bonaventure's Francis E. Kelley Oxford Program, summer 2006; GPA: 3.6

Play-by-Play & Media Relations

Play-by-Play Announcer, Jamestown Jammers Florida Marlins Single 'A' Affiliate
2009, 2010, 2011 seasons
  • Serve as lead play-by-play announcer for Jammers games and hosted pre-and post-game shows for 50 games per season
  • Established team broadcast presence on official website, jamestownjammers.com
Babe Ruth World Series Radio Network
August 2008 and August 2011
  • Lead announcer for Babe Ruth World Series events in Jamestown, NY for flagship station, WJTN-AM with simulcasts for affiliates around the nation
Media One Group, LLC (Jamestown, NY)
April 2008-Present
  • Play-by-play announcer for high school sports, including New York State baseball championships on WJTN-AM, WQFX-FM, WWSE-FM
Sports Information Graduate Assistant, Edinboro (Pa.) University
August 2011-Present
  • Contact person for NCAA Division II women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country programs
  • Contributing writer for University athletics website, gofightingscots.com, as well for football game day program. Conduct interviews, film and edit video for segments for the following sports: cross country, football, women's volleyball, wrestling
Director of Media Relations/Baseball Operations, Jamestown Jammers
April 2007-October 2008
  • Wrote and edited press releases, daily game notes for all home games, maintained team website and designed ad copy for print and radio
  • Direct intern staff
  • Group sales coordinator; made cold calls for new corporate and group partnerships as well as strengthened relationships with existing clients
  • Manage day-to-day operations of team including travel itinerary
WSBU-FM (St. Bonaventure, NY)
Spring 2008
  • Called play-by-play of NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 contests
Sports Information Intern, Jamestown Community College
Spring 2010, 2011 semesters
  • Write feature stories for college website and other promotional materials for men's and women's basketball, baseball and wrestling
  • Work men's and women's basketball StatCrew and serve as contact for program between college and NJCAA Region 3

Print, Radio & Online Reporting

Sports Editor, Chautauqua Star newspaper (Dunkirk, NY)
February 2009-August 2011
  • Responsible for all content and direction of sports section for weekly newspaper as well as manage staff; write four-to-10 feature stories each week; manage company website, www.starnewsdaily.com
  • Reporting on New York varsity baseball, basketball and football state tournaments and 2011 IIHF World Junior Hockey Tournament
High School Sports Stringer, Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
May 2011
  • Cover New York state high school baseball playoffs for same-day deadline
General Assignment Reporter, The Villager (Ellicottville, NY)
April 2006-May 2008
  • Coverage of news and feature stories as assigned including town and village board meetings and St. Bonaventure University men's basketball
On-air host, WSBU-FM (St. Bonaventure, NY)
August 2007-May 2008
  • Co-hosted weekly talk and sports shows on campus radio station
Sports Intern, Olean Times Herald (Olean, NY)
August 2007-April 2008
  • Compile statistics on varsity and college sports for daily newspaper
News Editor, The Bona Venture, St. Bonaventure campus newspaper
  • Assigned and covered news stories on weekly basis; responsible for section layout

Additional Skills

  • Experience in Audacity; MS Word; Excel; PowerPoint; StatCrew; Adobe InDesign; Photoshop; QuarkXPress; Social media outlets (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc.)

References

Matt Drayer
General Manager, Jamestown Jammers

George Sisson
Director of Stadium Operations, Northwest Arkansas Naturals

Carole McNall
Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, St. Bonaventure University

Andrew Hill
Station Manager, Media One Group, LLC (WWSE/WJTN/WHUG/WKSN/WQFX)

Ben Lindquist
Director of Athletics, Jamestown Community College-Olean campus

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